By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of execution to include death by firing squad. Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department reversed much of the work done under President Donald Trump’s first administration
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By Jennifer Hansler, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency it says was linked to Iran as the United States ratchets up pressure on Tehran. The move, first reported by CNN, comes as shaky diplomatic efforts to reach a deal to end the war continue to stall and
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to unilaterally bar migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum, teeing up a likely showdown over the policy at the Supreme Court. The 2-1 decision is a major defeat for a signature component of Trump’s
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s claims about prescription drug prices make no mathematical sense. But his team – including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week – keeps straining to defend them. Since last year, Trump has asserted that he has cut or will cut prescription drug prices by numbers like “500%,” “600%,”
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Big businesses are lining up at the Supreme Court as the justices hear the final arguments of the term, pressing the conservative majority to shield industries from multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, limit the marketing of generic drugs and neuter the government’s ability to issue fines. Verizon, Monsanto and Cisco Systems
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau (CNN) — Dual insults — one from the US president and another from a Russian commentator — flung at Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni appear to be uniting at least some of her critics behind her. Last week, US President Donald Trump – who has historically had a close relationship with
Continue ReadingBy Ivan Watson, Angus Watson, CNN (CNN) — Italian peacekeepers have replaced a statue of Jesus Christ in a village in southern Lebanon after an Israeli soldier was pictured taking what appears to be a hammer or ax to the figure. Israel apologized and placed two soldiers in detention after the image caused outrage in
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By Tal Shalev and Dana Karni, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly underwent treatment for prostate cancer, he said Friday, as he publicized the results of his annual medical examination. Netanyahu, 76, said he delayed the release of his annual medical report – which revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer for
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By Brad Lendon, CNN senior global military affairs reporter (CNN) — The US military said a third aircraft carrier had arrived in the Middle East, the highest number of American carriers deployed to the region in more than 20 years, according to analysts. The announcement on Thursday came around the same time US President Donald
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By Ray Sanchez, Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — The tightknit and family-friendly city of Lake Elsinore in Riverside County is about 70 miles southeast and a world apart from the glitz and glamour of the Hollywood Hills. Celeste Rivas Hernandez grew up in Lake Elsinore, where she was a regular at the corner store down
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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — If Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has his way, the Democratic path to winning back the US House will run through his state. Shapiro has committed to helping Democrats flip four Republican-held seats. He’s endorsed in three of the districts, including one where his chosen candidate is locked in a
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By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The path to identifying Rex Heuermann as the Gilgo Beach serial killer began with Shannan Gilbert. Gilbert, a 23-year-old sex worker, had gone missing in May 2010 after a visit to a client in Oak Beach, a Long Island, New York, community near Gilgo. Spurred by her mother, police
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off remarks by Prince Harry asking the US for more action to end the war in Ukraine, saying the British royal does not speak for the United Kingdom. “I know one thing, Prince Harry is not speaking for the UK, that’s for sure.
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CNN, WAFB By Cindy Von Quednow, Ashley Killough, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and at least five others were injured after an apparent argument led to a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge on Thursday, police said. Five people are in custody. “Two groups of people got into
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to cut red tape around the Congressional mechanisms to hold those in their own ranks accountable for wrongdoing as a series of scandals rock Capitol Hill. But even those with the best intentions are realizing that the road to reforming
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Wolfe, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement across three states thwarted the plans of an experienced former cop who they say expressed a desire to harm Black people and threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival. North Carolina resident Christopher Gillum, 45, was reported missing on Tuesday
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — The Firebirds fell 6-1 on the road to the Bakersfield Condors in Game 1 of the Pacific Division first-round series at Dignity Health Arena on Thursday night. pic.twitter.com/9wyuLg36Ir— x – Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) April 24, 2026 Ty Nelson scored the lone goal for Coachella Valley, who lost for the
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The city has approved a $30,000 traffic calming plan for Toledo Avenue, aiming to address ongoing concerns about speeding in the neighborhood. The project will fund the installation of two electronic speed feedback signs—one on each side of South Toledo Avenue between East Sierra Way and Madrona Drive. City officials
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed charges of crimes against humanity against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for deadly anti-drug crackdowns he allegedly oversaw while in office. A three-judge panel found unanimously there were “substantial grounds” to believe the ex-leader was responsible for dozens of murders,
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — After two weekends of Coachella, country music fans are trading in flower crowns for cowboy boots as they head back to the desert for Stagecoach. With the highly anticipated festival set to kick off this weekend, many festivalgoers are preparing in more ways than one including stocking up on alcohol before
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